Deconstructing the Watchtower: Disfellowshipping

We discuss this very hurtful doctrine of the Watchtower and examine how closely it follows actual Biblical principals. This video will be relevant to active witnesses and ex-witnesses alike as it is a doctrine that has touched the lives of almost everyone. I look forward to your comments and opinions!

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[laurasandeastman]

man, this makes me want to go to the meeting sunday with my beautiful family and just pretend nothing happened, smile and talk 2 everyone like nothings happened... not that i want back, but just that this df thing IS SO UNLOVING i want nothing to do with it. and the way things r now everyone thinks i just disappeared... i should go make them shove the shunning up u know where or run from me in terror... lol...i wonder what would happen...

[AnonDude2]

@laurasandeastman Well if you do decide to try and resume contact with your family I wish you well! Just try and make sure you do this lovingly and try to use scriptures that back your position logically. But, the programming may be so ingrained that it might not work. In any event I hope it works out because this is such a loving and unscriptural doctrine. I knew it would hit home with alot of people when I began doing research for this vid.

[laurasandeastman]

lol... did aposta cat tell u 2 talk like a robot?

[AnonDude2]

@laurasandeastman Yes. The Aposta-Cat whispers dark secrets in my ears. He's crazy I tell you, CRAZY! Nobody believes me; he looks, acts, and sounds like a 'normal' cat around other people. But when nobody else is around he comes alive! ALIVE I TELL YOU! (He also has a wicked sense of humor. Get it? 'wicked?' Sometimes I amuse even myself.)

[andyst200]

i was disfellowshipped for getting married... the elders hide behind the 2 witness rule and seem to have all lost their spines to keep a happy congragation rather than dealing with the true trouble makers and causing upset!!... what a waste of my life!!

[AnonDude2]

@enochianwatchtower The P.O. of our KH was comitting adultery as well. For 7 years before he was found out. In that time three young people in our congregation were disfellowshipped. I don't know if he was on the comittee or not. But considering we only had 4 elders at the time, it seems pretty likely. So does that mean Jehovah was working through him? I think not.

[AnonDude2]

@enochianwatchtower Well see it makes perfect sense! If you're doing things that are right, then you're appointed by Holy Spirit and are guided by God. But if you're not then you're just an imperfect men, I mean it's unreasonable to expect imperfect men to be right all the time, right? But don't question them, because they're still guided by Holy Spirit. And then we run into the problem, if they're chosen by Holy Spirit doesn't that make them 'annointed?' So many problems with WT doctrine.

[AnonDude2]

@archeng123 Yeah I did talks in the KH. But was never ministerial servant. I'm only 18 actually, so they didn't want to give me many of their 'privledges' due to my age. Didn't want me to get 'puffed up with pride.' Amd also, yeah feel free to play this at a committee if you would like; just don't count on them listening to all 15 minutes lol.

[laurasandeastman]

@AnonDude2 the fact that the word disfellowship isn't in the bible kind of speaks for it's self, doesn't it? and to top it off with the 'not adding to the things written' point would seem to make an undeniable argument... it is VERY hard to maintain composure when discussing these things with them though. you'd think 8 years would have cooled me off more...

[earnestlyseeking]

Good message and scriptures. It's interesting also that although the Pharisees in Jesus was "Apostate" Jesus didn't refuse to speak to them nor did he encourage others to avoid them. I have a feeling that he would say the the truth has nothing to fear. The organization is desperate for it's members to avoid "apostates" because the real truth (what some apostates speak) tears apart the fake "truth". Keep up the good work with your messages.